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so urgent. But that helpless little baby must have
a father.
It was not so easy for her to decide what to do,
but she must do it at once. The baby was three days
old, and in Värmland the peasants seldom waited
longer before taking children to be christened.
What name should it bear in the church books,
and what would the pastor wish to know about the
mother? It was surely an injustice toward the child
to write it in the church book as fatherless. It had
come to this sad world, but seemed to long to go
away again. Perhaps it would feel happier here if it
had a father. If this child grew into a weak and sickly
man, could she be responsible for depriving him of
the advantages of high birth and riches? She had
noticed there was usually great joy and excitement
when a child was born. Now it seemed to her that
life for the baby which everybody pitied must be
a heavy burden. She wanted to see it sleep on silk
and lace, as was befitting the son of a count. She
wanted to see it surrounded by joy and pride. Yes,
the baby must have a father.
She began to think she had committed too great
an injustice toward its father. Had she a right to
keep her baby to herself? She had no right. Such
a precious little thing, whose worth it was
impossible to measure, could she take it for herself alone?
Surely that would not be right!
She had no desire to return to her husband. She
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